[Music] Songs featuring bagpipes

[Stato]

There are no bagpipes featured in the song, only in the video as the NYPD didn't have a choir, only a pipe and drum band. They're not singing 'Galway Bay' either as they didn't know it. They are singing the Mickey Mouse Theme Song. This documentary is shown most Christmases. Like the song, it always brings a tear to the eye. Here's to you Kirsty.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUSNzqqLFT0

 

[daveinplzen]

Rather famous local band!

https://youtu.be/feNmrx8ssoc

The used to busk down the end of my road... we also used to let them in free to our reggae parties often, as we knew they had no money.
One year, they said, would you support us for an event in Stanmer Park... we will give you 100 quid.. we were surprised and said yeah sure..
Think there was something like 7000 in the park by the end of the day, we had no clue they had become famous haha

 

[catfish]

 

[dangull]

Big Country's early albums had guitar playing that sounded like bag pipes.

 

[Weststander]

Big Country's early albums had guitar playing that sounded like bag pipes.

Great album and an amazing gig at a rammed Top Rank Suite.

 

[RexCathedra]

Local (Boston) lads.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2ctpx0zYgk

I have my doubts about the number of actual Scots in the crowd....

 

[Nottseagull]

First 2 million selling single. That’s about two in every five Scots.

I heard/read that the bagpipers were paid £200 each. Of course, that would have been agreed before the recording, but they should have negotiated something like £100 plus a small percentage of the sales.

 

[dejavuatbtn]

I heard/read that the bagpipers were paid £200 each. Of course, that would have been agreed before the recording, but they should have negotiated something like £100 plus a small percentage of the sales.

They were paid the standard rate and McCartney gave them that bonus when it went to number 1. Could have been more generous perhaps but he does do a fair bit for the community up there.

 

[Super Steve Earle]

A great song as well and I didn't need to Google it

Great choice. You should listen to some of his other stuff too

 

[Norman Potting]

Great choice. You should listen to some of his other stuff too

Preaching to the converted, liked his stuff from when "Guitar Town" emerged and quite enjoy the music of his two musical offspring. Never had the privilege of seeing him live though. I kinda guess you quite like his stuff too

 

[GT49er]

I heard/read that the bagpipers were paid £200 each. Of course, that would have been agreed before the recording, but they should have negotiated something like £100 plus a small percentage of the sales.

A young soldier (or sojer in Scottish) once approached my then girlfriend in a bar in Edinburgh and explained that as he was also a million selling rock star, and would she like to sleep with him. She politely declined (well, possibly not terribly polite), at which he looked somewhat downcast and sadly walked away saying, "But ah wis yin o' they pipers playin' ra bagpipes on Mull o' Kintyre, ye ken".
Perhaps he got lucky with somebody else later on!

 

[Boys 9d]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53f8z_CMn4A&list=PLfo6tRF45m7Hcx2t6N4pdyZEdQEesvavw

 

[Norman Potting]

A little OT but a nice "feelgood" story of a bagpipes nature from the BBC of the type that, briefly, makes you think that the world is not necessarily such a bad place!

[video]https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/stories-50100938/playing-the-bagpipes-is-the-perfect-way-to-honour-the-teachings-of-his-hindu-guru[/video]